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Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by e3bc54b2 » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:22 PM UTC

hemanta212 wrote: post #20

Sadly, this is how things are for many of us students, I currently study bachelors in CS here in Nepal and for me and some of my friends stuck in our villages (lockdown isn't still over here yet), we have been doing C assignments using editors avalialble in the playstore. Seeing these apps have millions of downloads, we're definitely not alone and I have seen many indian and other south asian friends do the same. My…

If you ever write about yiur setup, it will be a huge help! I have a friend who is constrained for comouting resources, but eager to learn nonetheless. I help out wherever I can but it is hard for me to get his perspective, because as crappy and old as they may, I still had full fledged PCs to cut my teeth on.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by DrFell » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:22 PM UTC

hemanta212 wrote: post #20

Sadly, this is how things are for many of us students, I currently study bachelors in CS here in Nepal and for me and some of my friends stuck in our villages (lockdown isn't still over here yet), we have been doing C assignments using editors avalialble in the playstore. Seeing these apps have millions of downloads, we're definitely not alone and I have seen many indian and other south asian friends do the same. My…

Is learning to program a human right or a human rights violation?

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by abdusco » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:30 PM UTC

bolbol66 wrote: post #58

jiggawatts wrote: post #26

Story time! I grew up in eastern Europe in the communist era, in a country where entire factories were run using Commodore 64 computers that were smuggled in, bypassing export controls and sanctions. The programmer at one such factory was a friend of my father, and we'd go over to his place for dinner semi-regularly. He didn't have kids, and I was six, so I was bored to tears. No toys and nobody my age to play with!…

Great story, but you've never dreamt in C++.

He probably means programming or debugging while dreaming, which certainly happens when you're up 4am in the morning fixing a stubborn bug or learning something new that captivates your brain.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by codetrotter » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:33 PM UTC

I grew up in Norway in the 90’s, and at that time even here most people had at most one computer at home for the whole family.

My father had a couple of books that were written by Lynda Weinman, one about HTML and one about graphics for the web. I read those books, and with pen and paper I would some write some rudimentary HTML.

A couple of years later I finally got a computer of my own and started typing out HTML in Notepad and getting to see the result in Internet Explorer.

This was part of the early beginning of my fascination with computers.

Today I am a software developer, writing applications on macOS, iOS, FreeBSD and Linux :)

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by beebeepka » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:34 PM UTC

yawaworht1978 wrote: post #60

Oh my, imagine writing css , well, or any of the components on a mobile phone, let alone running the codes in sandboxes. This is horrible.

Still better than nothing which is the point. Consider yourself lucky if you have much better options available.

Only a fool would not take such an option only because people in other countries can grt PCs and hook them to their fiber services.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by tomaszs » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:36 PM UTC

I have heard about it. And wanted to try it out. Now I am preparing posts with CSS tips on a phone. It is possible to learn the big three on a mobile.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by Robotbeat » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:45 PM UTC

This is why I hate how modern smartphones make it so hard to program anything. IPhone App Store policies make it all but impossible to actual use the iPhone for full fledged programming (including compiling, etc).

I otherwise love the iPhone.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by beebeepka » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:45 PM UTC

Story reminded me about this one time I had to listen to a Samsung representative at a summit. While she was pitching their VR web browsing initiative, she somehow mentioned how a [Samsung] smartphone could be used as a PC.

Being the cinyc that I am, I assumed the worst: you are trying to sell me a junk solution to a problem I don't have, lady.

Looking at stories like this, I realize I have no vision and understand a lot less about the world than my ego has been telling me

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by jiggawatts » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:46 PM UTC

abdusco wrote: post #63

bolbol66 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great story, but you've never dreamt in C++.

He probably means programming or debugging while dreaming, which certainly happens when you're up 4am in the morning fixing a stubborn bug or learning something new that captivates your brain.

I meant it literally. I've had dreams where instead of a normal language, I dreamt in C++, as if it was a human language. Instead of spoken words, a header file was changing in my mind, taking shape to match my thoughts.

It's the most "alien" experience I've ever had.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by kewrkewm53 » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:47 PM UTC

hannofcart wrote: post #33

akritrime wrote: post #11

I think this is more common than people realize. Especially in the Indian subcontinent, where most people have a smartphone but only few have a PC. I learnt programming on pen and paper first and then on those phone IDEs even before I had access to a pc. And even after a PC, I used to use my phone as a display for my desktop via chrome remote desktop because my monitor got damaged and only showed shades of green. And…

Yeah, I wish the governments in India and Nepal would provide some subsidies to incentivize companies to manufacture boards like to RPi which as far as I understand have open specifications. Giving a RPi to a family without resources in India is a force multiplier. They typically have a small television set and letting them access a proper computer vitalizes learning for the children of that household. I only have an…

Pi is nice, but also used hardware would do the job. At least in Western countries old Core2 Duo business desktops are basically worthless by now, and such laptops don't exactly cost much either. Why not export more of those and get some more years out of them before recycling? They are perfectly adequate for learning to program.